Bennett's anaesthetic inhaler, which consists of a hollow cylindrical metal canister with two attached lengths of hollow metal tubing that has open round ends; the other end of the canister is round and open; a round metal cap (b) fits onto and over the open end of the canister; two bakelite tips (…
Bennett's anaesthetic inhaler, which consists of a hollow cylindrical metal canister with two attached lengths of hollow metal tubing that has open round ends; the other end of the canister is round and open; a round metal cap (b) fits onto and over the open end of the canister; two bakelite tips (c,d) fit onto and over the ends of the tubes; the tips are both conical in shape with a hollow centre
Number Of Parts
4
Part Names
a - inhaler - Size: Length 13.5 cm x Width 2.5 cm x Depth 2.0 cm
b - cap - Size: Length 1.9 cm x Diam. 2.2 cm
c - tip - Size: Length 1.5 cm x Diam. 1.5 cm
d - tip - Size: Length 1.5 cm x Diam. 1.5 cm
Provenance
Collected by Dr. A. A. Travill for the Queen's University Faculty of Medicine Collection
Dates
1900
1930
circa 1900-1930
Material
metal: silver
plastic: black
Inscriptions
(a) The outside of the cannister has the words, "// PAT. APPL'D FOR" stamped into the metal
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F2-1
Condition Remarks
The metal shows wear, but no corrosion is visible; the bakelite tips are complete and undamaged
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Document
Other
JPG
Reference Comments
Previous number #184; Faculty of Medicine Collection 1984 Inventory; "Surgical Instruments," The Kny-Scheerer Co., 1915, p. 2001 (item B/-22); "Illustrated Catalog of a Complete Line of Standard Surgical Instruments," by Codman & Shurtleff Inc., c. 1920, p. 23 (item 1253)